Camille Labchuk takes on the CBC
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- The mainsteam media have finally caught up with Camille.
Or is it the other way around?
“I just received the shocking news that CBC has disqualified me from the Canadas Next Great Prime Minister contest,” she said in an email on Saturday, going on:
“They say it is because I ran for Parliament in 2006, but when they asked me to enter the competition in November (yes, they recruited me) I raised this point with the producer and asked if it made me ineligible.
“The producer told me (in writing) that I was ‘good to go’.”
And now it’s no go and, “The CBC admits the producers made a mistake by telling Labchuk they would override the rule, and the corporation has apologized, but Labchuk remains disqualified,” says the, well, the CBC.
“For those people who didn’t apply to become participants based on the existing rule, and for the integrity of the brand of the show, if you like, we needed to be consistent and enforce the rules equally across the board,” according to spokesman Jeff Keay.
But Keay’s comments are unlikely to get the CBC off the hook.
It and Magna, “chose to disqualify the wrong young Canadian,” Camille said in her email, adding »»»
I am launching a major campaign to draw attention to this abuse. I feel utterly crushed that my efforts have been for nothing and I refuse to just quietly go away. I will be retaining counsel and intend, if necessary, to pursue legal action against the CBC for unfair disqualification. Lawyers cost money and this is going to be difficult for me to take on financially, so if you want to contribute to my legal fund, write to me. I feel it’s the only way to hold CBC accountable.
Please help me expose this injustice by contacting CBC and Magna to tell them their actions are reprehensible. Write to:
seema.patel@cbc.ca (Seema Patel, Senior Producer)
matthew.barrington@cbc.ca (Matt Barrington, Producer)
ht.lacroix@cbc.ca (Hubert Lacroix, CBC President)
mary.gittins@magna.on.ca (Mary Gittins, Magna)Copy your emails to me (cflbchk@mta.ca) so I can track support!
Stay tuned.
said in an email – CBC cancels Camille, January 10, 2009
CBC – Islander disqualified from Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, January 12, 2009
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